Chapter 1124: 347. Perfect Disguise

The concept of impersonating a Sea Monster to trade with Lophi gave Noland Lee a brilliant inspiration.

Previously, Noland had promised Lophi to bring it 260 million soul energy points within seven days.

At that time, Noland was concerned about the possibility of being double-crossed and was only thinking about how he would cope if that happened, without ever considering the idea of impersonating a Big Shot from the Sea Monster Kingdom to trade with Lophi.

There were pros and cons to this approach.

The advantage was that, with the support of the Sea Monster Kingdom, neither Lophi nor the Undead Cult behind it would dare to double-cross him.

The disadvantage was the increased risk of being exposed by other Sea Monsters.

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Therefore, Noland had to avoid encountering any other Sea Monsters.

He pulled up the Deconstruction Results of the Fearscale Envoy he had previously analyzed and reviewed them carefully.

Not bad, not bad. The Fearscale Envoy would not visit Lophi today, as it had scheduled its next transaction with the other party for two days later.

As long as the Fearscale Envoy kept its word and didn’t change its plans at the last moment, Noland shouldn’t run into it near the trading site.

But this gave rise to a new problem—how should Noland introduce himself to Lophi?

Should he just whip out 260 million soul energy points and slap it on the other party’s face?

Or should he brandish the Queen’s Scepter pretentiously and say a few symbolic words like “I am a secret envoy” or “The Queen authorizes this”?

After thinking for a few minutes, Noland decided to play it by ear.

After all, he just wanted to sell the soul energy and then attract the Pure Light Court’s forces, not to establish a long-term trade relationship with Lophi.

Noland discarded his Sea Monster form, reverted to his human form, and secured the Scepter.

Once sure there were no traces of the Sea Monster on him, he pushed open the door of the Guestroom where he was staying, took to the streets, and met with the Undead Cult’s informant.

There were no waves in the process of the meeting and heading to the trade site.

When Noland arrived at Lophi’s Spiderweb Cavern, Pure Light Spy Ramont was sitting on a chair made of spider webs.

Today, there weren’t many sellers waiting to see Lophi. Including Noland, there were only four.

Logically, the transaction process should have been quick, but for some reason, after Ramont arrived, he could only wait with the other sellers, never receiving a summons from Lophi.

Noland found a spot where he could see the three other sellers and began to cast Deconstruction on them and the surrounding Spider Mother Attendants.

Noland browsed through the Deconstruction Results in his mind, and the eyebrows under his Hood lifted slightly.

The reason Lophi wasn’t calling any sellers for a trade was that it wasn’t there.

Earlier that day, it had left through a passage at the deepest part of the cavern, with its destination being the Undead Cult’s Main Camp a hundred or two hundred kilometers to the west.

How coincidental, it would return here in about 10 minutes.

Now was the perfect time for Noland to arrive.

As for the other three sellers besides Ramont, their origins were not worth mentioning; they were merely Gray Wizards Dealing in Reselling, specialising in smuggling Soul Gems from the Ulnas Circle to the Undead Cult. noveldrama

Is Ulnas Circle the only place in the World where Soul Energy can be produced?

No, it isn’t.

But Ulnas Circle is the most stable producer.

The Sub-Dimensional Plane of the Four Elemental Leaders is routinely visited by Demons.

The Elemental Wizards would fight against these Demons in those four different Sub-Dimensional Planes, collecting plenty of soul fragments, which are the main source of Soul Energy.

No other Magical Kingdom could match such a scale of Soul Energy output, and some might not even have the facilities required to collect large amounts of soul fragments.

Therefore, Ulnas Circle became the country that produces the most Soul Gems in the world and is also the place with the strictest regulations on the circulation of Soul Gems.

For smugglers like those three sellers, they can only bring up to three million soul energy points to Lophi at a time, which is but a drop in the ocean for Lophi, yet still a considerable profit for them.

As Noland considered his impending meeting with Lophi, a shrill scream emanated from deep within the cavern.

Lophi was back. It signaled its subordinates to bring in the sellers.

According to the order of arrival, Noland would normally be the last one to go in.

But to accomplish the goal of his trip, he assertively stood up and used a surging Seawater Wave to push aside the small sellers blocking his way, striding with his head held high directly into Lophi’s cavern.

The Spider Mother Attendants wanted to rush up to stop the disruptive Noland, but were bound at their legs by several chains composed of Seawater, unable to move from their spots.

They chattered away, firing web shots at Noland.

“Pfft, pfft, pfft…”

Before the web bullets could hit Noland, they were whipped away by slender water belts, smacking into the walls with several thuds.

Noland broke through the blockade of the Spider Mother Attendants without any real danger, not slowing his steps, and stepped into Lophi’s cavern, only to see a female spider spirit sneering at him.

“Who are you?! Looking for death?!”

Lophi shrieked, manipulating the cobwebs and silk hanging from the Ceiling, lunging towards the newcomer.

Outside the cavern, a swarm of Spider Mother Attendants flooded in, sealing the Cave Entrance, cutting off Noland’s retreat.

In an instant, Noland threw back his Cloak, his body swiftly changing from human to Sea Monster form.

In less than a second, the figure of a Sea Monster over seven meters long appeared in front of the numerous spider-faced creatures.

The previously seen Fearscale Envoy, who had met with Lophi several times, had been small and skinny, no more than three meters tall in its Sea Monster form.

This was a Sea Monster specially chosen by the Sirens Kingdom for its naturally diminutive size so that the envoy could move freely in human society.

And now, the spider-faced creatures were witnessing a real Deep Sea overlord.

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